Kasey Bell Spotlight Speaker

Kasey Bell is an digital learning consultant with a Master’s degree in educational technology. As a skillful facilitator, authorized Google Education Trainer and Google Certified Teacher, Kasey has led a variety of instructional technology trainings, including presentations at FETC, TCEA, Google Summits, and iPadpalooza. Kasey is co-leader of the North Texas Google Educator Group. 

Kasey’s blog, ShakeUpLearning.com, was recognized as a Must Read EdTech Blog for 2014, and go-to resource for Google tips and tricks. As a blogger, Kasey uses her blog to create and share original technology integration ideas, resources, cheat sheets, and more. 

You can follow Kasey on Twitter @ShakeUpLearning to see her sparkingling personality in action, view Kasey's Google Teacher Academy video.

Chris Crutcher Author Keynote

Crutcher’s years as teacher, then director, of a K-12 alternative school in Oakland, California through the 1970’s, and his subsequent 20+ years as a therapist specializing in child abuse and neglect, inform his 13 novels and 2 collections of short stories. 

Chris has received a number of coveted awards, including the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award. His favorites are his two Intellectual Freedom awards, one from the National Council for Teachers of English and the other from the National Coalition Against Censorship. 

Five of Crutcher’s books appeared on an American Library Association list of the 100 Best Books for Teens of the Twentieth Century. 

You can follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisCrutcher and learn more about him by watching this video.

Dr. Kristen Swanson Keynote at WEMTA Conference

We are excited to let you know that Dr. Kristen Swanson will be the keynote at the WEMTA 2015 Conference.

An educational leader, Kristen is a renowned teacher, professional developer, writer, speaker, and consultant on impactful learning designs. 

She has worked directly under the tutelage of Dr. Grant Wiggins and authored both Professional Learning in the Digital Age (2013) and Unleashing Student Superpowers (2014). 

A founder of the Edcamp movement, Kristen is also passionate about effective teacher education. Kristen has a doctorate from Widener University in Educational Leadership. 

You can follow Kristen on Twitter @kristenswanson and watch her Viral Learning: Kristen Swanson at TEDxNYED video.

Save the Date

WEMTA Conference 2015
Sunday, March 22 - Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI

Registration opens early January watch the conference website for updates.

Quick submit your #WEMTA15 Proposal

Please submit your one-hour general session proposal by filling out this form http://goo.gl/WmmD4t by October 31, 2014 (ish).

Our theme this year is Make IT, Shake IT, and Move IT @WEMTA15. Make IT refers to the MakerSpace movement. Shake IT refers to shaking things up in education. And Move IT refers to mobile devices and flexible learning spaces. The IT refers to Information Technology. Come on you know you want to join us for an amazing conference. Get your proposal in. Encourage your colleague to submit a proposal too. It's always better with a partner. 


This year is going to be amazing! We have some new and innovative things planned for this years conference.  This year we will have sessions on Sunday as well. Spread the word. Hope to see you all there! Conference dates: Sunday, March 22nd - Tuesday, March 24th, 2015. Check out the conference website for continual updates.

Call for #WEMTA15 Conference Session Proposals - Now Open

Please submit your one-hour general session proposal by filling out this form http://goo.gl/WmmD4t by October 31, 2014.

Our theme this year is Make IT, Shake IT, and Move IT @WEMTA15. Make IT refers to the MakerSpace movement. Shake IT refers to shaking things up in education. And Move IT refers to mobile devices and flexible learning spaces. The IT refers to Information Technology. This year is going to be fantastic. We have some new and innovative things planned for this years conference.  Spread the word. Hope to see you all there! Conference dates: Sunday, March 22nd - Tuesday, March 24th, 2015. Check out the conference website for continual updates.

Conference Planning Committee

#WEMTA15 Conference Planning Committee

We are getting ready for #WEMTA15 at the Kalahari on March 22-24. We have some great things planned for this year. We have fresh new ideas we hope you are going to love.

Watch for Presenter Applications to come out very soon. Hope you can join us. Registration will open in December.